<lect>
How is "collection" built?
col + lect + ion
What is a mage?
a magician, an enchanter
beau + ty
What is the past tense of "take"?
take → took → taken
other examples of "strong" verbs from Old Germanic verb systems:
sing → sang → sung
drive → drove → driven
write → wrote → written
How is "gratefulness" built?
grate + ful + ness
How is "reelect" built?
re + e + lect
Does "magic" have the same suffix as classic and basic? If so, what is the suffix and where does it come from?
Yes <-ic> is a Latin base. It has a sense of "having to do with."
Rewrite this word sum: beau + ty + i + ful
beautiful
How is "taking" built?
take/ + ing
What are the graphemes in <grate>?
<g> <r> <a> <t> <e>
What does <lect> mean?
to choose, gather
How is "magician" built?
mage/ + ic + ian
What language does <beau> come from?
French
What prefix added to <take> makes the meaning about re-doing?
If you don't like your school picture, maybe you can ____ them.
<re>
re + take
Are <grateful> and <grating> related?
No - they are two different bases.
<grate> in <grateful> means "pleasing"
<grate> in <grating> means to scrape, rub
If you do this to a plant, it will suffer. Add a prefix to the base <lect>.
neglect
neg + lect
What part of "magically" when spoken gets reduced and sometimes isn't even pronounced?
The suffix < -al>
mage/ + ic + al + ly
What are the graphemes in <beau>?
<b> & <eau>
What prefix when added to the base <take> is about doing something badly or in error?
Nati likes to say, "never a _____, always a lesson."
<mis->
mis + take --> mistake
What language does <grate> come from?
Latin
What language does <lect> come from?
Latin
What language does <mage> come from?
Old Persian "magush"
What does <beau> mean?
handsome, pretty
What language does <take> come from?
Old Norse <taka>
What does <grate> in "grateful" mean?
pleasing